While that may be true consider this. I was hospitalized for 24 hours recently ( In Northern California at nonprofit community hospital). The total bill was $44,000! Between Medicare and my personal health insurance, the hospital was paid less than $5,000. The hospital won’t discuss their billing practices but you have to believe that neither of these numbers fairly represent the real cost of delivering the care I received. This whole matter raises the issue of honesty in the health care.
Did you ask for and itemized bill?
Maybe the GOVERNMENT decided not to pay for services they deemed. NONCOST EFFECTIVE